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Thompson joins Prisoner Of Azkaban
Emma Thompson has swelled the ranks of Warner Bros' ensemblecast on Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban after signing on to playthe eccentric professor of divination Sybll Trelawney.Thompson joins Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint,Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis andMichael Gambon - who stepped ...
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BELGIUM
French romantic comedy Je Reste! cycled to success on a small eight screen release in Belgium last weekend. The film claimed $37,042 (Euros 31,856) for a strong $4,630 average for Alternative Films - which was the best screen average for any opener this week and the third best of the ...
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Berlinale's Kinderfilmfest unveils youth prize
The Berlinale's Kinderfilmfest (Feb. 6-15, 2004) has unveiled a new award for next year's event - the Crystal Bear for the Best Youth Film The new youth film competition will showcase films aimed at audiences of 14 years of age and older. In its first year up to six films ...
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Palm picks up Legend Of Leigh Bowery
PalmPictures and Arthouse Films have acquired worldwide distribution rights toCharles Atlas's The Legend Of Leigh Bowery and plan a New York releaseon Nov 21 with DVD and video to follow in 2004.Thedeal was negotiated for Palm Pictures and Arthouse Films by David Koh, head ofacquisitions and production, and Jose Martinez ...
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Cuba selects Suite Havana for Oscars
Fernando Perez's Suite Havana, a poetic meditation on everyday life in Havana which opened the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival last month, has been nominated to represent Cuba in the foreign-language Oscar race.The dialogue-free film, a majority Spanish co-production between Spain's Wanda Vision and Cuban film institute ICAIC, was also ...
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Valenti takes piracy fight to Europe
Inthe latest bid to stamp out piracy and the causes of piracy, MPAA chief JackValenti is heading for Dublin on Oct 11 to hold talks with Irish Prime MinisterBertie Ahern.Thefive-day trip is seen as an opportunity to urge Ahern and his top brass to takea lead on the anti-piracy fight ...
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Rio loves a good Story
Festival favourite The Story Tellers (Narradores De Jave) by Elianne Caffe nabbed four major prizes at the Rio International Film Festival which wrapped Thursday, October 9. The comedy revolves around a Brazilian village which invents a local history in order to gain national heritage status and avoid being demolished by ...
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Iran, Taiwan take top Pusan prizes
South Korea's Pusan International Film Festival wrapped up its 8th edition on October 10, with prizes in the New Currents section for first and second-time Asian directors going to Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng's directorial debut The Missing and Iranian director Alireza Amini's Tiny Snow Flakes. A special mention was also ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Three week in a row champion LXG remains at the top of the chart despite competition last weekend from Bad Boys II and Matchstick Men, from the same distributor Tuck.Bad Boys sold 4,208 tickets to and Matchstick Men's 2,712 over the weekend, garnering $9,385 and $7,960 respectively, not enough to ...
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Oz post house Soundfirm opens China outpost
Australian post-production outfit Soundfirm, which has credits including Zhang Yimou's Hero and Moulin Rouge, has established an outpost in Beijing to provide services for both local and international projects. The Melbourne-based company has a strong track record with Asian film, stretching from Jackie Chan blockbuster Rumble In The Bronx through ...
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Hong Kong star to Focus on distribution
Hong Kong star Andy Lau has established a new company, Focus Films, which will be involved in the co-financing, distribution and acquisition of both local and international films. The new outfit is part of a major restructuring of Lau's business interests which span production, distribution and artist management. Focus Films ...
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Thai exhibitor first Asian player to install 2K digital projector
Thailand's SF Cinema City has teamed up with Christie Digital Systems to become the first Asian exhibitor to install a 2K digital projector, the next generation in digital screening technology.The Thai cinema chain has installed the system at its signature theatre - the nine-screen SFX Central Ladprao in Bangkok. It ...
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Grant mucks in on African Farm
Richard E. Grant, who was born in Swaziland and spent his early years in South Africa, has finally returned home to star in the $2m production of The Story Of An African Farm.The film is currently shooting for six weeks in South Africa's dry and barren semi-desert Karoo 300kms north ...
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Brazil poised for leap into digital age
Vastly underscreened Brazil is poised to take a quantum leap into the digital age. A fledgling local company, Rain Networks, plans to transform 100 existing independent screens in Brazil into digital screens by spring next year. In Rio de Janeiro alone, the city is planning to build 50 new screens ...
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BBC snares Calendar Girls in major Buena Vista deal
The BBC has struck an exclusive free-TV licensing deal with Buena Vista International Television for a package of over 100 titles, including Calendar Girls, Cold Mountain and Kill Bill.The multi-million pound deal covers titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films. Other titles in the package include Chicago, ...
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Foreign shoots 'little benefit' to local industry, say Moroccans
Morocco may be feeling the economic benefits of foreign productions coming to the country to shoot, but local film-makers this week voiced concerns that the influx of foreign money and crews was having no significant knock-on benefits to indigenous production.In a frank and wide-ranging round table discussion at the Marrakech ...
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Snapper takes UK for Scorsese's The Blues
Snapper Music has acquired the UK theatrical, DVD, VHS and broadcast rights to the film series, The Blues. The Blues, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, is a seven-film series of personal and impressionistic films viewed through the lens of directors who share a passion for the music. In addition ...
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Film Council plots public-private cash boost
Leading British support body the UK Film Council is to team with a private sector partner to raise new private investment through a dedicated Enterprise Investment Scheme, a tax-driven financing mechanism that will bankroll selected features alongside the council's National Lottery cash.The scheme, which could pave the way for a ...
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Brazilian film-maker set for Carnival exposure
For the first time in the history of Rio de Janeiro's centuries-old carnival, a samba school has chosen a filmmaker and his life's work as its theme. Carlos 'Caca' Diegues, best known internationally for Bye Bye Brazil, will be the inspiration for next year at the samba school of Barra ...